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[Docket No. EPA–R02–OAR–2022–0459;
FRL–10785–01–R2]
Approval of Air Quality Implementation
Plans; New Jersey; New Jersey 2017
Periodic Emission Inventory SIP for
Ozone Nonattainment and PM2.5/
Regional Haze Areas, New Jersey
Nonattainment Emission Inventory for
2008 Ozone NAAQS
Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA).
ACTION: Proposed rule.
AGENCY:
The Environmental Protection
Agency (EPA) is proposing to approve
State Implementation Plan (SIP)
revisions related to the 2008 8-hour
ozone National Ambient Air Quality
Standards (NAAQS). The SIP revision
consists of the following: 2017 calendar
year ozone precursor emission
inventories for volatile organic
compounds (VOC), oxides of nitrogen
(NOX) and carbon monoxide (CO) for
the Northern New Jersey portion of the
New York-Northern New Jersey-Long
Island NY-NJ-CT ozone nonattainment
area (Northern New Jersey) and the
Southern New Jersey portion of the
Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City,
PA-NJ-MD-DE ozone nonattainment area
(Southern New Jersey).
DATES: Written comments must be
received on or before June 20, 2023.
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No. EPA–R02–OAR–2022–0459 at
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SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SIP
revision also consists of the 2017
calendar year statewide periodic
emissions inventory for New Jersey. The
pollutants included in this inventory
include VOC, NOX, CO, particulate
matter with an aerodynamic diameter
less than or equal to 2.5 microns (PM2.5),
particulate matter with an aerodynamic
diameter less than or equal to 10
microns (PM10), ammonia (NH3) and
sulfur dioxide (SO2). Emission
inventories are needed to develop and
assess new control strategies that the
states may use in attainment
demonstration SIPs associated with the
NAAQS for ozone, CO and PM2.5 and for
regional haze planning SIPs.
In addition, EPA is proposing to
approve the demonstration portion of
the comprehensive SIP revision
submitted by New Jersey that certifies
that the State has satisfied the
requirements for a nonattainment
emission inventory for a Serious
classification of the 2008 NAAQS.
I. Background
A. Statutory and Regulatory Requirements
for Emission Inventory
II. Description of State’s Submittal
III. Evaluation of the State’s Submittal
A. New Jersey 2017 Periodic Emission
Inventory
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Revision Emission Inventory
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V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
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I. Background
Ozone is a gas that is formed by the
reaction of VOC and NOX in the
atmosphere in the presence of sunlight.
Therefore, an emission inventory for
ozone focuses on the emissions of VOC
and NOX referred to as ozone
precursors. These precursors (VOC and
NOX) are emitted by many types of
pollution sources, including point
sources such as power plants and
industrial emissions sources; on-road
and off-road mobile sources (motor
vehicles and engines); and smaller
residential and commercial sources,
such as dry cleaners, auto body shops,
and household paints, collectively
referred to as nonpoint sources (also
called area sources).
The Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act)
requires that areas designated as
nonattainment for ozone and classified
as moderate or worse demonstrate
Reasonable Further Progress (RFP) by
reducing emissions of ozone precursors
(NOX and VOCs).1
On March 12, 2008, the EPA revised
both the primary and secondary
NAAQS 2 for ozone to a level of 0.075
parts per million (ppm) (annual fourthhighest daily maximum 8-hour average
concentration, averaged over three
years) to provide increased protection of
public health and the environment. (See
73 FR 16436, March 27, 2008). The 2008
ozone NAAQS retains the same general
form and averaging time as the 0.08
ppm NAAQS set on 1997, but is set at
a more protective level. Under the EPA’s
regulations, the 2008 8-hour ozone
NAAQS is attained when the 3-year
average of the annual fourth highest
daily maximum 8-hour average ambient
air quality ozone concentrations is less
than or equal to 0.075 ppm. See 40 CFR
50.15.3
Effective July 20, 2012, the EPA
designated as nonattainment any area
that was violating the 2008 8-hour
1 See CAA sections 172(c)(2) and 182(b)(1) and 40
CFR 51.1110.
2 The primary ozone standards provide protection
for children, older adults, and people with asthma
or other lung diseases, and other at-risk populations
against an array of adverse health effects that
include reduced lung function, increased
respiratory symptoms and pulmonary
inflammation; effects that contribute to emergency
department visits or hospital admissions; and
mortality. The secondary ozone standards protect
against adverse effects to the public welfare,
including those related to impacts on sensitive
vegetation and forested ecosystems.
3 For a detailed explanation of the calculation of
the 3-year 8-hour average. (See 80 FR 65296 and 40
CFR part 50, Appendix U).
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ozone NAAQS based on the three most
recent years (2008–2010) of air
monitoring data. (See 77 FR 30088, May
21, 2012). With that rulemaking,
Northern New Jersey and Southern New
Jersey areas were designated as marginal
ozone nonattainment areas. Areas that
were designated as marginal
nonattainment were required to attain
the 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS no later
than July 20, 2015, based on 2012–2014
monitoring data.
The counties in Northern New Jersey
consist of Bergen, Essex, Hudson,
Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth,
Morris, Passaic, Somerset, Sussex,
Union, and Warren. The counties in
Southern New Jersey consist of Atlantic,
Burlington, Camden, Cape May,
Cumberland, Gloucester, Mercer, Ocean,
and Salem.
On May 4, 2016, the EPA published
its determination that Northern New
Jersey had failed to attain the 2008 8hour ozone NAAQS by the attainment
deadline and the area was reclassified to
moderate ozone nonattainment area. See
40 CFR 81.306. (See 81 FR 26697).
Moderate areas are required to attain the
2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS by no later
than six years after the effective date of
designations, or July 20, 2018, based on
2015–2017 monitoring data See 40 CFR
51.903.
Effective September 23, 2019, the EPA
published its determination that
Northern New Jersey had failed to attain
2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS by the
attainment deadline based on the
monitoring data (2015–17), and the area
was reclassified as serious
nonattainment area. (See 84 FR 44238,
August 23, 2019). Areas that were
designated as serious nonattainment
were required to attain the 2008 ozone
NAAQS no later than July 20, 2021,
based on 2018–2020 monitoring data.
(See id.)
Effective November 7, 2022, the EPA
published its determination that
Northern New Jersey had failed to attain
2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS by the
attainment deadline based on the most
recent years (2018–2020). (See 87 FR
60926, October 7, 2022). Areas that were
reclassified as severe nonattainment
were required to attain the 2008 8-hour
ozone NAAQS must attain the standard
‘‘as expeditious as practicable’’ but no
later than July 20, 2027, based on 2024–
2026 monitoring data. (See id.)
A. Statutory and Regulatory
Requirements for Emission Inventories
Section 182(a)(3)(B) of the Act
requires states with ozone
nonattainment areas to submit revisions
to their SIP to require the owner or
operator of each major stationary source
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of NOX or VOC to provide the state with
annual statements documenting the
actual emissions of NOX and VOC from
their sources. For nonattainment areas,
air agencies must develop, and include
in their SIPs, emission reporting
programs for certain VOC and NOX
sources. CAA section 110, in
conjunction with 40 CFR 51.102, 51.103
and Appendix V, establishes the
procedure for submitting a SIP revision.
In addition, 40 CFR 51.308(d)(4)(v) of
EPA’s Regional Haze Rule (RHR)
requires the establishment of a
statewide emissions inventory of
pollutants that are reasonably
anticipated to cause or contribute to
visibility impairment in any mandatory
Class I area.
Sections 172(c)(3) and 182(a)(1) of the
Act require states to develop and
submit, as a SIP revision, ‘‘base year’’
emissions inventories for all areas
designated as nonattainment for an
ozone NAAQS.
The EPA’s 2008 ozone NAAQS was
published on March 6, 2015 (the 2008
ozone rule). (See 80 FR 12264). The
2008 ozone rule established
implementation requirements for the
2008 ozone NAAQS, including
requirements for base year emissions
inventories under CAA section
182(a)(1). (See id.). The ozone rule for
the 2008 ozone NAAQS is codified at 40
CFR part 51, subpart CC, and the
emissions inventory requirements are
codified at 40 CFR 51.1315.
40 CFR 51.1315(a) requires each
ozone nonattainment area to submit a
base year inventory within 2 years of
designation. 40 CFR 51.1315(a) also
requires that the inventory year be
selected consistent with the baseline
year for the RFP plan as required by 40
CFR 51.1310(b), which states that the
baseline emissions inventory shall be
the emissions inventory for the most
recent calendar year for which a
complete triennial inventory is required
to be submitted to the EPA under the
provisions of subpart A of 40 CFR part
51, Air Emissions Reporting
Requirements, 40 CFR 51.1 through 50.
New Jersey selected 2017 as their
baseline emissions inventory year for
RFP.
For the ozone NAAQS, states are
required to submit ozone season day
emissions estimates for an inventory
calendar year to be consistent with the
baseline year for RFP plans as required
by 40 CFR 51.1310(b) and 40 CFR
51.1315. Under 40 CFR 51.1310(b), for
the 2008 ozone NAAQS, the RFP
baseline year is the most recent calendar
year for which a complete triennial
inventory is required to be submitted to
the EPA under 40 CFR 51 subpart A.
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States may use an alternative baseline
emissions inventory provided that the
year selected corresponds with the year
of the effective date of designation as
nonattainment for that NAAQS.
40 CFR 51.1315(c) requires emissions
values included in the base year
inventory to be actual ozone season day
emissions as defined by 40 CFR
51.1300(q), which states that ozone
season day emissions are an average
day’s emissions for a typical ozone
season work weekday. Per EPA’s 2017
guidance on emissions inventory
development, the selected ozone season
should be representative of the
conditions leading to nonattainment.4
Sections 182(a)(1), 182(a)(3) and
172(c)(3) of the Act require the periodic
submission of emissions inventories for
the SIP planning process to address the
pollutants for the ozone, PM2.5 and CO
NAAQS. Identifying the calendar year
gives certainty to states that require
submission of the ozone, PM2.5 and CO
emission inventories periodically. These
requirements allow the EPA, based on
the states’ progress in reducing
emissions, to periodically reassess its
policies and air quality standards and
revise them as necessary. Most
important, the ozone, PM2.5 and CO
inventories will be used to develop and
assess new control strategies that the
states may use in attainment
demonstration SIPs for the new NAAQS
for ozone and PM2.5. The inventory may
also serve as part of statewide
inventories for purposes of regional
modeling in transport areas. The
inventory plays an important role in
modeling demonstrations for areas
classified as nonattainment and outside
transport regions. For Regional Haze,
New Jersey has a Class I area within its
borders: Brigantine Wilderness Area.
Emissions from New Jersey’s sources
were also found to impact visibility at
several other Class I areas: Acadia
National Park and the Moosehorn
Wilderness Area in Maine, the Great
Gulf Wilderness Area and Presidential
Range/Dry River and the Lye Brook
Wilderness Area in Vermont. (See 76 FR
49711, August 11, 2011). Therefore, an
emissions inventory is needed for the
Regional Haze air quality planning
program effort.
The pollutants inventoried by New
Jersey include VOC, NOX, and CO
summertime daily and annual emissions
for the ozone areas; and VOC, NOX,
PM2.5, PM10, NH3 and SO2 annual
emissions for the PM2.5 and/or Regional
4 EPA, ‘‘Emissions Inventory Guidance for
Implementation of Ozone and Particulate Matter
National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS)
and Regional Haze Regulations’’, at 75 (May 2017).
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Haze areas. For the reasons stated above,
EPA would therefore emphasize the
importance and benefits of developing a
comprehensive, current, and accurate
ozone and PM2.5/Regional Haze
emissions inventory (similar to the 1990
base year inventory effort). In this case,
New Jersey selected the 2017 calendar
year as the inventory that it will use for
planning purposes for ozone and PM2.5/
Regional Haze areas.
II. Description of State’s Submittal
CAA Section 182 subpart 2 outlines
SIP requirements applicable to ozone
nonattainment areas in each
classification category. On November
23, 2021, New Jersey submitted a
comprehensive SIP revision that
included the 2017 calendar year ozone
precursor emission inventory for VOC,
NOX, CO, PM2.5, PM10, NH3 and SO2 for
the Northern New Jersey and Southern
New Jersey ozone nonattainment areas.
In addition, the SIP revision submittal
consisted of the 2017 calendar year
statewide periodic emissions inventory
for VOC, NOX and CO, and a revision
for the 2011 nonattainment base year
emission inventory for the previous
Serious classification of the 2008
NAAQS for the Northern New Jersey
nonattainment area. On March 31, 2023,
New Jersey submitted a technical
correction to the EPA regarding their
2017 SO2 point source inventory
emissions by category. The technical
correction was necessary because the
previously submitted emissions for SO2
that were incorrect.
The New Jersey emissions inventory
SIP revision will ensure that the
requirements for emissions inventory
measures and reporting are adequately
met. To comply with the emissions
inventory requirements, New Jersey
submitted a complete inventory
containing point, area, on-road, and
non-road mobile source data,
anthropogenic sources, as well as
biogenic sources and wildfires and
prescribed fires, in the nonattainment
areas and accompanying
documentation.
III. Evaluation of State’s Submittals
A. New Jersey 2017 Periodic Emission
Inventory
Based on the EPA’s review, the 2017
periodic year emissions inventory for
New Jersey’s ozone nonattainment
areas, and the entire State include
essential data elements, source
categories, sample calculations, or
report documentation to allow the EPA
to adequately determine if the inventory
is accurate and complete. Consequently,
New Jersey’s 2017 base year emissions
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inventory is consistent with the ozone
base year emission inventory reporting
requirements based on EPA guidance.
New Jersey’s 2017 base year inventory is
consistent with the ozone base year
emission inventory reporting
requirements for the following reasons:
1. Evidence that the inventory was
quality assured by the State and its
implementation documented;
2. The point source inventory must be
complete;
3. Point source emissions must have
been prepared or calculated according
to current EPA guidance;
4. The area source inventory must be
complete;
5. The area source emissions must
have been prepared or calculated
according to current EPA guidance;
6. Non-road mobile emissions must
have been prepared according to current
EPA guidance for all of the source
categories;
7. The method (e.g., Highway
Performance Monitoring System or a
network transportation planning model)
used to develop the vehicle miles
travelled (VMT) estimates must follow
EPA guidance (the VMT development
methods were described and
documented in the inventory report);
and
8. On-road mobile emissions were
prepared according to the guidance.
Annual and ozone season day point,
area, non-road, on-road, biogenic, and
wildfires and prescribed fires emissions
are identified in the inventory. Based on
the EPA’s review, New Jersey satisfies
all of the EPA’s requirements for
purposes of providing a comprehensive
accurate, and current inventory of actual
emissions for the ozone nonattainment.
A summary of the EPA’s review is given
below:
1. The Quality Assurance (QA) plan was
implemented for all portions of the
inventory. The QA plan included a QA/
Quality control (QC) program for assessing
data completeness and standard range
checking. Critical data elements relative to
the inventory sources were assessed for
completeness. QA checks were performed
relative to data collection and analysis, and
double counting of emissions from point,
area, and mobile sources. QA/QC checks
were conducted to ensure accuracy of units,
unit conversions, transposition of figures,
and calculations. The inventory is well
documented. New Jersey provided
documentation detailing the methods used to
develop emissions estimates for each
category. In addition, New Jersey identified
the sources of data it used to develop the
inventory;
2. The point source emissions are complete
in accordance with EPA guidance;
3. The point source emissions were
prepared and calculated in accordance with
EPA guidance;
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4. The area source emissions are complete
in accordance with EPA guidance;
5. Area source emissions were prepared
and calculated in accordance with EPA
guidance;
6. Emission estimates for the non-road
mobile source categories are correctly based
on the latest non-road mobile model or other
appropriate guidance and prepared in
accordance with EPA guidance;
7. The method used to develop VMT
estimates is in accordance with EPA
guidance and was adequately described and
documented in the inventory report; and
8. The latest Motor Vehicle Emission
Simulator (MOVES2014b) model was used in
accordance with EPA guidance.
dated July 2017; Using MOVES to
Prepare Emission Inventories in State
Implementation Plans and
Transportation Conformity: Technical
Guidance for MOVES2014, 2014b, first
released in August 2018.
Table 1 below shows the statewide
summary of the 2017 Annual emissions
for VOC, NOX and CO. Tables 2 and 3
below show the 2017 CO, NOX, and
VOC annual emission by category for
the ozone nonattainment areas. Table 4
below shows the summary emission by
category, in tons per ozone season day.
New Jersey’s 2017 ozone emission
inventory has been developed in
accordance with EPA guidance.
Therefore, the EPA is proposing to
approve the emission inventory.
Detailed emission inventory
development procedures can be found
in the following document: Emission
Inventory Guidance for Implementation
of Ozone and Particulate Matter
NAAQS and Regional Haze Regulation,
TABLE 1—STATEWIDE SUMMARY OF 2017 ANNUAL EMISSIONS
[Tons]
2017 New Jersey State Annual Emissions
Point
VOC .....................................................
NOX .....................................................
CO .......................................................
Area
6,809
9,824
5,733
Onroad
81,555
23,208
61,948
Nonroad
28,652
60,681
380,323
Wildfire and
prescribed
burning
Biogenic
25,476
40,215
308,691
88,238
2,045
11,357
5,690
346
48,191
Total
236,420
136,319
816,243
Total
anthropogenic
142,492
133,928
756,695
TABLE 2—NORTHERN NEW JERSEY PORTION NJ-NY-CT OZONE NONATTAINMENT AREA 2017 EMISSION INVENTORY
VOC
Tons per summer day
County
Point
sources
Area
sources
Onroad
sources
Nonroad
sources
Biogenic
Wildfire and
prescribed
burning
Total
Total
anthropogenic
Bergen .....................................................
Essex .......................................................
Hudson ....................................................
Hunterdon ................................................
Middlesex ................................................
Monmouth ...............................................
Morris ......................................................
Passaic ....................................................
Somerset .................................................
Sussex .....................................................
Union .......................................................
Warren .....................................................
2.11
1.06
1.71
0.13
15.89
0.44
0.50
0.77
0.89
0.16
3.23
0.31
23.83
17.97
15.46
4.00
22.32
16.55
14.09
12.15
9.44
3.93
13.89
3.30
9.06
6.11
3.52
1.74
8.23
6.83
5.25
3.98
3.38
1.54
5.06
1.40
7.42
4.76
2.75
1.74
5.41
5.46
4.96
2.59
3.77
1.59
3.20
0.93
4.06
2.39
1.03
10.58
5.82
12.38
14.41
8.36
7.44
17.30
2.00
11.71
0.08
NA
NA
0.04
0.03
0.20
0.07
0.14
0.02
0.15
0.00
0.08
46.56
32.30
24.47
18.23
57.71
41.85
39.30
27.99
24.94
24.66
27.39
17.73
42.42
29.90
23.44
7.60
51.86
29.28
24.81
19.49
17.48
7.21
25.38
5.94
Total in Northern NAA Area .............
27.21
156.93
56.10
44.58
97.48
0.82
383.12
284.82
NOX
Tons per summer day
County
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sources
Area
sources
Onroad
sources
Nonroad
sources
Biogenic
Wildfire and
prescribed
burning
Total
Total
anthropogenic
Bergen .....................................................
Essex .......................................................
Hudson ....................................................
Hunterdon ................................................
Middlesex ................................................
Monmouth ...............................................
Morris ......................................................
Passaic ....................................................
Somerset .................................................
Sussex .....................................................
Union .......................................................
Warren .....................................................
2.16
3.74
0.85
1.36
7.02
0.42
0.72
0.15
4.62
0.10
8.20
0.74
2.84
2.26
1.81
0.39
2.55
1.85
1.78
1.25
1.16
0.42
1.49
0.30
15.71
11.56
6.26
5.00
18.72
10.15
10.48
5.37
7.70
1.84
9.57
3.95
10.03
13.99
17.89
2.66
8.92
10.54
4.88
3.49
4.18
1.38
5.35
0.91
0.07
0.06
0.03
0.46
0.21
0.41
0.16
0.07
0.27
0.27
0.05
0.30
0.01
NA
NA
0.00
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.01
0.00
0.01
30.82
31.61
26.85
9.88
37.43
23.38
18.03
10.34
17.93
4.02
24.67
6.21
30.74
31.55
26.82
9.42
37.21
22.95
17.86
10.26
17.66
3.74
24.62
5.91
Total in Northern NAA Area .............
30.08
18.12
106.31
84.23
2.35
0.06
241.15
238.75
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Tons per summer day
County
Point
sources
Area
sources
Onroad
sources
Nonroad
sources
Wildfire and
prescribed
burning
Biogenic
Total
Total
anthropogenic
Bergen .....................................................
Essex .......................................................
Hudson ....................................................
Hunterdon ................................................
Middlesex ................................................
Monmouth ...............................................
Morris ......................................................
Passaic ....................................................
Somerset .................................................
Sussex .....................................................
Union .......................................................
Warren .....................................................
0.92
0.97
0.70
1.90
7.20
0.31
0.54
0.18
2.00
1.33
2.23
0.25
3.98
2.97
2.16
1.21
3.45
2.98
3.02
1.79
1.83
1.48
2.08
0.98
122.21
81.97
38.99
24.71
121.47
99.51
75.05
47.11
46.47
17.41
64.71
18.57
144.08
69.21
34.28
28.60
100.96
88.71
90.22
45.02
71.11
19.01
59.87
12.78
0.76
0.51
0.24
1.35
1.01
1.81
1.60
0.95
1.04
1.81
0.45
1.29
0.71
NA
NA
0.36
0.25
1.66
0.61
1.19
0.18
1.26
0.04
0.69
272.66
155.63
76.37
58.12
234.34
194.98
171.04
96.24
122.64
42.29
129.38
34.56
271.20
155.12
76.13
56.42
233.08
191.51
168.83
94.10
121.41
39.23
128.89
32.58
Total in State ....................................
18.52
27.93
758.18
763.85
12.82
6.94
1,588.25
1,568.49
Notes: Biogenic annual emissions are from the USEPA 2017 NEI. 2017 tons per day values were estimated by dividing the annual value by 365.
TABLE 3—SOUTHERN NEW JERSEY PORTION PA-NJ-MD-DE OZONE NONATTAINMENT AREA 2017 EMISSION INVENTORY
VOC
Tons per summer day
County
Point
sources
Area
sources
Onroad
sources
Nonroad
sources
Wildfire and
prescribed
burning
Biogenic
Total
Total
anthropogenic
Atlantic .....................................................
Burlington ................................................
Camden ...................................................
Cape May ................................................
Cumberland .............................................
Gloucester ...............................................
Mercer .....................................................
Ocean ......................................................
Salem ......................................................
0.08
1.06
0.67
0.08
0.43
5.36
0.36
0.45
0.62
7.27
13.70
12.56
2.98
6.18
14.43
10.20
14.31
2.74
2.60
4.73
4.62
1.04
1.30
2.89
7.02
5.69
0.74
3.59
4.26
2.55
3.69
1.34
2.42
2.60
6.45
0.76
40.71
50.31
15.62
14.71
27.08
16.97
9.72
41.73
17.21
0.92
0.14
0.10
0.06
0.63
0.56
0.01
10.97
0.03
55.17
74.20
36.12
22.57
36.95
42.63
29.91
79.61
22.10
13.54
23.75
20.40
7.79
9.24
25.10
20.17
26.91
4.85
Total in Southern NAA Area ............
9.10
84.37
30.63
27.66
234.06
13.43
399.25
151.76
NOX
Tons per summer day
County
Point
sources
Area
sources
Onroad
sources
Nonroad
sources
Biogenic
Wildfire and
prescribed
burning
Total
Total
anthropogenic
Atlantic ...........................................
Burlington ......................................
Camden .........................................
Cape May ......................................
Cumberland ...................................
Gloucester .....................................
Mercer ...........................................
Ocean ............................................
Salem ............................................
0.35
1.63
2.27
0.11
1.86
5.59
1.02
2.02
3.74
0.82
1.33
1.43
0.30
0.43
0.79
1.40
1.34
0.20
5.51
8.98
7.73
2.06
2.10
5.66
3.60
7.90
1.45
4.56
5.17
3.88
4.27
2.86
3.48
4.01
6.37
1.50
0.26
0.35
0.18
0.18
0.36
0.28
0.19
0.26
0.38
0.07
0.01
0.00
0.00
0.03
0.04
0.00
0.46
0.00
11.57
17.47
15.50
6.92
7.64
15.85
10.22
18.35
7.27
11.24
17.11
15.32
6.73
7.25
15.52
10.03
17.63
6.89
Total in Southern NAA Area ..
18.58
8.04
44.99
36.12
2.44
0.62
110.79
107.73
CO
Tons per summer day
County
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Point
sources
Area
sources
Onroad
sources
Nonroad
sources
Biogenic
Wildfire and
prescribed
burning
Total
Total
anthropogenic
Atlantic ...........................................
Burlington ......................................
Camden .........................................
Cape May ......................................
Cumberland ...................................
Gloucester .....................................
Mercer ...........................................
Ocean ............................................
Salem ............................................
0.27
1.12
0.61
0.15
2.02
2.32
0.65
2.09
3.41
1.57
2.46
2.12
0.62
0.98
1.48
1.99
2.51
0.54
31.70
65.99
58.55
11.41
13.03
41.87
49.42
74.09
8.38
34.07
57.60
44.31
28.82
14.11
38.35
45.39
62.02
7.79
3.43
5.32
1.48
1.41
2.74
1.78
1.29
4.25
1.72
78.39
131.94
107.62
43.27
37.92
89.87
98.52
237.28
21.57
149.43
264.44
214.69
85.68
70.80
175.66
197.26
382.24
43.41
67.61
127.18
105.60
41.00
30.14
84.01
97.45
140.71
20.12
Total in State ..........................
12.64
14.27
354.44
332.47
23.42
846.37
1,583.62
713.82
Notes: Biogenic annual emissions are from the USEPA 2017 NEI. 2017 tons per day values were estimated by dividing the annual value by 365.
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VOC
Tons per year
County
Point
sources
Area
sources
Onroad
sources
Nonroad
sources
Biogenic
Wildfire and
prescribed
burning
Total
Total
anthropogenic
Atlantic ...........................................
Bergen ...........................................
Burlington ......................................
Camden .........................................
Cape May ......................................
Cumberland ...................................
Essex .............................................
Gloucester .....................................
Hudson ..........................................
Hunterdon ......................................
Mercer ...........................................
Middlesex ......................................
Monmouth .....................................
Morris ............................................
Ocean ............................................
Passaic ..........................................
Salem ............................................
Somerset .......................................
Sussex ...........................................
Union .............................................
Warren ...........................................
25.77
277.41
253.88
256.74
10.33
90.69
286.06
965.17
616.40
20.60
95.29
1,798.78
112.88
115.06
149.61
154.29
141.50
191.80
57.52
1,122.24
67.12
2,478
7,875
4,711
4,184
1,009
2,078
5,914
4,768
5,030
1,498
3,440
7,398
5,638
4,990
5,038
3,980
918
3,273
1,597
4,515
1,222
979
3,085
1,779
1,729
402
517
2,059
1,059
1,295
630
1,351
2,556
2,083
1,706
1,941
1,407
290
1,116
556
1,605
508
1,556
2,370
1,406
828
1,592
645
1,624
850
948
542
718
1,577
1,843
1,567
3,246
906
342
1,055
573
977
311
9,861
1,482
10,381
2,739
5,829
7,583
874
2,667
375
3,862
2,220
2,124
4,518
5,261
8,728
3,051
2,650
2,715
6,314
730
4,273
188
10
1,559
100
174
737
331
196
0
91
34
4
194
181
1,760
17
4
43
57
1
10
15,087
15,100
20,090
9,837
9,016
11,651
11,087
10,504
8,264
6,645
7,859
15,458
14,389
13,819
20,862
9,514
4,347
8,394
9,154
8,950
6,391
5,038
13,608
8,150
6,997
3,013
3,331
9,883
7,642
7,889
2,692
5,605
13,330
9,677
8,378
10,375
6,447
1,692
5,636
2,783
8,220
2,108
Total in State ..........................
6,809
81,555
28,652
25,476
88,238
5,690
236,420
142,492
Notes:
1. Onroad and nonroad annual values from are from the USEPA 2017 National Emission Inventory (NEI).
2. Biogenic annual emissions are from the USEPA 2017 NEI.
NOX
Tons per year
County
Point
sources
Area
sources
Onroad
sources
Nonroad
sources
Biogenic
Wildfire and
prescribed
burning
Total
Total
anthropogenic
Atlantic ...........................................
Bergen ...........................................
Burlington ......................................
Camden .........................................
Cape May ......................................
Cumberland ...................................
Essex .............................................
Gloucester .....................................
Hudson ..........................................
Hunterdon ......................................
Mercer ...........................................
Middlesex ......................................
Monmouth .....................................
Morris ............................................
Ocean ............................................
Passaic ..........................................
Salem ............................................
Somerset .......................................
Sussex ...........................................
Union .............................................
Warren ...........................................
58.01
455.04
168.88
464.21
65.87
345.33
1,110.80
1,592.71
135.42
102.20
178.12
1,179.58
95.59
67.71
258.66
35.57
726.41
120.89
27.04
2,400.28
235.86
731
2,534
1,180
1,271
269
371
2,002
728
1,581
350
1,176
2,215
1,668
1,535
1,329
1,130
172
999
362
1,328
277
2,056
6,281
3,900
3,220
842
997
4,290
2,409
2,464
1,940
2,903
6,657
3,635
3,973
3,338
2,223
740
2,920
748
3,585
1,559
1,517
3,737
1,511
1,398
1,637
1,029
5,109
1,361
5,756
679
806
2,370
3,425
1,729
2,603
1,344
538
1,198
304
1,904
261
117
27
183
77
57
163
20
154
10
166
107
77
150
59
121
24
209
97
100
18
109
14
1
103
7
13
42
15
16
0
8
3
0
14
11
88
1
0
4
5
0
1
4,493
13,035
7,045
6,438
2,883
2,947
12,548
6,261
9,946
3,245
5,173
12,498
8,988
7,374
7,738
4,757
2,386
5,339
1,547
9,235
2,442
4,362
13,007
6,759
6,354
2,813
2,742
12,512
6,091
9,936
3,070
5,063
12,421
8,824
7,304
7,529
4,732
2,176
5,238
1,442
9,217
2,333
Total in State ..........................
9,824
23,208
60,681
40,215
2,045
346
136,318
133,927
Notes:
1. Onroad and nonroad annual values from are from the USEPA 2017 National Emission Inventory (NEI).
2. Biogenic annual emissions are from the USEPA 2017 NEI.
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Tons per year
County
Point
sources
Atlantic ...........................................
Bergen ...........................................
Burlington ......................................
Camden .........................................
Cape May ......................................
Cumberland ...................................
Essex .............................................
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sources
Onroad
sources
2,605
4,402
4,969
2,835
941
1,584
2,674
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13,995
42,820
24,691
20,911
5,532
6,209
28,144
Fmt 4702
Nonroad
sources
11,203
39,219
15,526
12,295
10,939
5,270
21,038
Sfmt 4702
Biogenic
Wildfire and
prescribed
burning
1,113
277
1,309
414
631
874
185
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83
13,183
846
1,470
6,252
2,816
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Total
30,613
87,052
59,965
37,430
19,566
20,399
55,170
Total
anthropogenic
27,915
86,692
45,472
36,170
17,464
13,274
52,169
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Tons per year
County
Point
sources
Area
sources
Onroad
sources
Nonroad
sources
Wildfire and
prescribed
burning
Biogenic
Total
anthropogenic
Total
Gloucester .....................................
Hudson ..........................................
Hunterdon ......................................
Mercer ...........................................
Middlesex ......................................
Monmouth .....................................
Morris ............................................
Ocean ............................................
Passaic ..........................................
Salem ............................................
Somerset .......................................
Sussex ...........................................
Union .............................................
Warren ...........................................
676.04
121.83
18.83
141.31
1,409.67
54.89
76.89
515.58
41.20
521.27
99.05
81.97
545.67
73.73
2,727
1,405
2,328
2,652
3,831
4,882
5,673
5,287
2,077
928
2,955
3,341
1,934
1,918
15,272
15,477
8,007
17,778
36,385
29,321
23,026
25,610
17,069
3,968
13,105
5,971
20,801
6,231
10,488
9,977
7,094
11,040
25,734
24,211
23,618
23,355
12,884
2,655
17,250
5,448
15,891
3,556
412
87
491
347
368
662
584
1,156
348
421
381
660
166
471
1,647
0
766
288
30
1,640
1,531
14,952
140
35
364
478
5
81
31,223
27,068
18,705
32,245
67,757
60,771
54,509
70,874
32,560
8,528
34,155
15,980
39,342
12,332
29,163
26,981
17,448
31,611
67,360
58,468
52,394
54,767
32,072
8,072
33,410
14,843
39,172
11,779
Total in State ..........................
5,733
61,948
380,323
308,691
11,357
48,191
816,243
756,695
Notes:
1. Onroad and nonroad annual values from are from the USEPA 2017 National Emission Inventory (NEI).
2. Biogenic annual emissions are from the USEPA 2017 NEI.
PM2.5
Tons per year
County
Point
sources
Area
sources
Onroad
sources
Nonroad
sources
Biogenic
Wildfire and
prescribed
burning
Total
anthropogenic
Total
Atlantic ...................................................
Bergen ...................................................
Burlington ..............................................
Camden .................................................
Cape May ..............................................
Cumberland ...........................................
Essex .....................................................
Gloucester .............................................
Hudson ..................................................
Hunterdon ..............................................
Mercer ...................................................
Middlesex ..............................................
Monmouth .............................................
Morris ....................................................
Ocean ....................................................
Passaic ..................................................
Salem ....................................................
Somerset ...............................................
Sussex ...................................................
Union .....................................................
Warren ...................................................
15.98
98.51
35.17
42.80
18.55
215.80
91.81
453.73
45.04
10.49
48.02
375.27
33.24
7.18
35.77
1.03
134.77
7.16
4.31
378.89
30.95
498
1,082
887
557
270
345
692
514
462
507
519
868
1,077
1,007
1,016
498
283
604
553
532
363
50
224
123
111
22
27
158
72
105
69
100
232
113
140
88
77
21
119
25
128
49
94
311
108
102
85
42
208
100
176
55
84
188
205
174
169
108
23
122
33
130
26
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
70
4
578
38
66
269
119
74
0
35
13
1
73
66
634
6
2
17
22
0
4
729
1,720
1,732
850
461
899
1,269
1,214
788
677
764
1,664
1,501
1,395
1,943
690
463
869
638
1,168
472
659
1,716
1,154
812
395
631
1,150
1,139
788
642
751
1,663
1,429
1,328
1,309
683
462
853
617
1,168
469
Total in State ..................................
2,084
13,136
2,055
2,543
NA
2,090
21,908
19,818
Notes:
1 Onroad and nonroad annual values from are from the USEPA 2017 National Emission Inventory (NEI).
2 Area Source fugitive dust emissions are post-adjustment.
SO2
Tons per year
County
ddrumheller on DSK120RN23PROD with PROPOSALS1
Point
sources
Atlantic ...................................................
Bergen ...................................................
Burlington ..............................................
Camden .................................................
Cape May ..............................................
Cumberland ...........................................
Essex .....................................................
Gloucester .............................................
Hudson ..................................................
Hunterdon ..............................................
Mercer ...................................................
Middlesex ..............................................
Monmouth .............................................
Morris ....................................................
Ocean ....................................................
Passaic ..................................................
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Area
sources
186.89
42.59
45.19
80.49
36.21
195.12
71.66
528.98
35.26
0.80
10.96
111.70
14.64
1.14
48.45
0.08
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44
32
21
6
15
45
17
19
16
17
28
55
58
26
40
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Onroad
sources
Nonroad
sources
24
73
46
40
10
11
48
28
27
19
34
78
58
49
43
27
Fmt 4702
30
11
48
13
5
13
334
18
62
2
6
14
20
5
18
3
Sfmt 4702
Biogenic
Wildfire and
prescribed
burning
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
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0
53
4
7
23
9
8
0
4
1
0
7
6
52
1
19MYP1
Total
anthropogenic
Total
267
171
225
158
64
257
507
600
143
41
70
231
154
119
187
71
260
171
171
155
57
234
498
592
143
37
68
231
147
113
135
70
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Tons per year
County
Point
sources
Area
sources
Onroad
sources
Nonroad
sources
Wildfire and
prescribed
burning
Biogenic
Total
anthropogenic
Total
Salem ....................................................
Somerset ...............................................
Sussex ...................................................
Union .....................................................
Warren ...................................................
675.08
1.97
5.62
101.95
26.28
9
18
42
16
13
7
33
11
40
14
7
3
1
16
1
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
0
2
2
0
0
699
59
62
174
54
699
57
60
174
54
Total in State ..................................
2,221
555
721
630
NA
186
4,313
4,127
Notes: Onroad and nonroad annual values from are from the USEPA 2017 National Emission Inventory (NEI).
Ammonia
Tons per year
County
Point
sources
Area
sources
Onroad
sources
Nonroad
sources
Wildfire and
prescribed
burning
Biogenic
Total
anthropogenic
Total
Atlantic ...................................................
Bergen ...................................................
Burlington ..............................................
Camden .................................................
Cape May ..............................................
Cumberland ...........................................
Essex .....................................................
Gloucester .............................................
Hudson ..................................................
Hunterdon ..............................................
Mercer ...................................................
Middlesex ..............................................
Monmouth .............................................
Morris ....................................................
Ocean ....................................................
Passaic ..................................................
Salem ....................................................
Somerset ...............................................
Sussex ...................................................
Union .....................................................
Warren ...................................................
17.60
286.02
35.24
18.07
0.69
30.40
67.96
130.82
31.29
1.32
7.98
241.03
51.16
3.30
76.85
0.35
4.20
0.76
0.04
107.41
7.55
124
78
280
47
44
149
167
171
46
266
118
106
313
134
162
49
336
89
249
29
293
84
220
142
118
33
35
144
90
73
54
105
229
178
140
142
81
24
91
33
116
40
2
6
2
2
2
1
4
2
4
1
2
4
4
3
4
2
1
2
1
3
0
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
NA
13
1
108
7
12
51
23
14
0
6
2
0
14
13
122
1
0
3
4
0
1
240
591
568
193
92
267
406
407
154
329
235
580
561
293
508
134
365
185
287
255
342
227
591
460
186
80
216
383
393
154
322
233
579
547
280
385
132
364
182
283
255
341
Total in State ..................................
1,120
3,249
2,173
53
NA
396
6,990
6,594
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Notes: Onroad and nonroad annual values from are from the USEPA 2017 National Emission Inventory (NEI).
B. New Jersey Nonattainment 2011
Revision Emission Inventory
On June 11, 2015, New Jersey
submitted the 2011 ozone emissions
inventory for the Northern New Jersey
and Southern New Jersey ozone
nonattainment areas and the 2011
emissions inventory for the PM2.5/
Regional Haze areas and requested that
EPA approve the emissions inventory
SIP revision. EPA approved New
Jersey’s 2011 emission inventory. (See
82 FR 44099, September 6, 2017). Due
to the reclassification of the Northern
New Jersey and Southern New Jersey
ozone nonattainment areas to serious
nonattainment for the 2008 ozone
NAAQS, New Jersey made revisions to
the 2011 emission inventory. New
Jersey affirmed in its November 23,
2021, submission that it is meeting the
2008 ozone NAAQS emission inventory
requirements pursuant to CAA sections
182(a)(3)(A) and 182(c). The emission
inventory requirement is addressed
through the submission of the 2011
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updates were made to the 2011 base
year emissions inventory which
included essential data elements, source
categories, sample calculations, or
report documentation according to the
EPA guidance to allow the EPA to
adequately determine if the inventory is
accurate and complete. Consequently,
New Jersey’s 2011 base year emissions
inventory was consistent with the ozone
base year emission inventory reporting
requirements based on EPA guidance.
IV. Proposed Action
The New Jersey 2017 emission
inventory SIP revision will ensure that
the requirements for emission inventory
measures and reporting are adequately
met. To comply with the emission
inventory requirements, on November
23, 2021, New Jersey submitted the
complete inventory containing point,
area, on-road, non-road mobile,
biogenic, and wildfires and prescribed
fires source data, and accompanying
documentation.
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The EPA is proposing to approve New
Jersey’s 2017 and revised 2011 emission
inventories SIP revision submittal as
meeting the essential reporting
requirements for emission inventories.
The EPA has also determined that the
SIP revision meets the requirements for
emission inventories in accordance with
EPA guidance. Therefore, EPA is
proposing to approve the revision to the
New Jersey SIP that pertains to the 2017
calendar year summer season daily and
annual ozone precursor emission
inventories for VOC, NOx and CO for the
New Jersey portion of the New YorkNorthern New Jersey-Long Island NY–
NJ–CT, and the Southern New JerseyPhiladelphia-Delaware-Maryland
nonattainment areas.
In addition, the EPA is proposing to
approve the 2017 calendar year PM2.5/
Regional Haze emissions inventory that
was developed statewide for New
Jersey. The pollutants included in the
inventory are annual emissions for VOC,
NOx, PM2.5, PM10, NH3 and SO2.
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Additionally, the EPA is proposing to
approve New Jersey’s certification that it
has met the requirements for
nonattainment emission inventory and
fully meets the requirements of the Act
for the 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS.
Interested parties may participate in
the Federal rulemaking procedure by
submitting written comments to the
EPA Region 2 Office by the method
discussed in the ADDRESSES section of
this action.
V. Statutory and Executive Order
Reviews
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Under the Act, the Administrator is
required to approve a SIP submission
that complies with the provisions of the
Act and applicable Federal regulations.
42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a).
Thus, in reviewing SIP submissions,
EPA’s role is to approve state choices,
provided that they meet the criteria of
the Act. Accordingly, this action merely
approves state law as meeting Federal
requirements and does not impose
additional requirements beyond those
imposed by state law. For that reason,
this action:
• Is not a ‘‘significant regulatory
action’’ subject to review by the Office
of Management and Budget under
Executive Orders 12866 (58 FR 51735,
October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821,
January 21, 2011);
• Does not impose an information
collection burden under the provisions
of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44
U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
• Is certified as not having a
significant economic impact on a
substantial number of small entities
under the Regulatory Flexibility Act (5
U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
• Does not contain any unfunded
mandate or significantly or uniquely
affect small governments, as described
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in the Unfunded Mandates Reform Act
of 1995 (Pub. L. 104–4);
• Does not have federalism
implications as specified in Executive
Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10,
1999);
• Is not an economically significant
regulatory action based on health or
safety risks subject to Executive Order
13045 (62 FR 19885, April 23, 1997);
• Is not a significant regulatory action
subject to Executive Order 13211 (66 FR
28355, May 22, 2001);
• Is not subject to requirements of
section 12(d) of the National
Technology Transfer and Advancement
Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272 note) because
this action does not involve technical
standards;
In addition, the SIP is not proposing
to apply on any Indian reservation land
or in any other area where the EPA or
an Indian tribe has demonstrated that a
tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of
Indian country, the rulemaking does not
have tribal implications and it will not
impose substantial direct costs on tribal
governments or preempt tribal law as
specified by Executive Order 13175 (65
FR 67249, November 9, 2000).
Executive Order 12898 (Federal
Actions to Address Environmental
Justice in Minority Populations and
Low-Income Populations, 59 FR 7629,
February 16, 1994) directs Federal
agencies to identify and address
‘‘disproportionately high and adverse
human health or environmental effects’’
of their actions on minority populations
and low-income populations to the
greatest extent practicable and
permitted by law. EPA defines
environmental justice (EJ) as ‘‘the fair
treatment and meaningful involvement
of all people regardless of race, color,
national origin, or income with respect
to the development, implementation,
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and enforcement of environmental laws,
regulations, and policies.’’ EPA further
defines the term fair treatment to mean
that ‘‘no group of people should bear a
disproportionate burden of
environmental harms and risks,
including those resulting from the
negative environmental consequences of
industrial, governmental, and
commercial operations or programs and
policies.’’
The New Jersey Department of
Environmental Protection did not
evaluate environmental justice
considerations as part of its SIP
submittal; the CAA and applicable
implementing regulations neither
prohibit nor require such an evaluation.
EPA did not perform an EJ analysis and
did not consider EJ in this action. Due
to the nature of the action being taken
here, this action is expected to have a
neutral to positive impact on the air
quality of the affected area.
Consideration of EJ is not required as
part of this action, and there is no
information in the record inconsistent
with the stated goal of E.O. 12898 of
achieving environmental justice for
people of color, low-income
populations, and Indigenous peoples.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air
pollution control, Carbon monoxide,
Incorporation by reference,
Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen
dioxide, Ozone, Particulate matter,
Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile
organic compounds.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Lisa Garcia,
Regional Administrator, Region 2.
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ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY
40 CFR Part 52
[Docket No. EPA-R02-OAR-2022-0459; FRL-10785-01-R2]
Approval of Air Quality Implementation Plans; New Jersey; New
Jersey 2017 Periodic Emission Inventory SIP for Ozone Nonattainment and
PM2.5/Regional Haze Areas, New Jersey Nonattainment Emission Inventory
for 2008 Ozone NAAQS
AGENCY: Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
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SUMMARY: The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to
approve State Implementation Plan (SIP) revisions related to the 2008
8-hour ozone National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). The SIP
revision consists of the following: 2017 calendar year ozone precursor
emission inventories for volatile organic compounds (VOC), oxides of
nitrogen (NOX) and carbon monoxide (CO) for the Northern New
Jersey portion of the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long Island NY-NJ-CT
ozone nonattainment area (Northern New Jersey) and the Southern New
Jersey portion of the Philadelphia-Wilmington-Atlantic City, PA-NJ-MD-
DE ozone nonattainment area (Southern New Jersey).
DATES: Written comments must be received on or before June 20, 2023.
ADDRESSES: The EPA has established a docket for this action under
Docket ID No. EPA-R02-OAR-2022-0459 at https://www.regulations.gov.
Although listed in the index, some information is not publicly
available, e.g., Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other
information whose disclosure is restricted by statute. Certain other
material, such as copyrighted material, is not placed on the internet
and will be publicly available only in hard copy form. Publicly
available docket materials are available through https://www.regulations.gov. Follow the online instructions for submitting
comments. Once submitted, comments cannot be edited or removed from
Regulations.gov. The EPA may publish any comment received to its public
docket. Do not submit electronically any information you consider to be
Confidential Business Information (CBI) or other information whose
disclosure is restricted by statute. Multimedia submissions (audio,
video, etc.) must be accompanied by a written comment. The written
comment is considered the official comment and should include
discussion of all points you wish to make. The EPA will generally not
consider comments or comment contents located outside of the primary
submission (i.e., on the web, cloud, or other file sharing system). For
additional submission methods, the full EPA public comment policy,
information about CBI or multimedia submissions, and general guidance
on making effective comments, please visit https://www.epa.gov/dockets/commenting-epa-dockets.
FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: Ysabel Banon, Air Programs Branch,
Environmental Protection Agency, 290 Broadway, 25th Floor, New York,
New York 10007-1866, telephone number (212) 637-3382, or by email at
[email protected].
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: The SIP revision also consists of the 2017
calendar year statewide periodic emissions inventory for New Jersey.
The pollutants included in this inventory include VOC, NOX,
CO, particulate matter with an aerodynamic diameter less than or equal
to 2.5 microns (PM2.5), particulate matter with an
aerodynamic diameter less than or equal to 10 microns
(PM10), ammonia (NH3) and sulfur dioxide
(SO2). Emission inventories are needed to develop and assess
new control strategies that the states may use in attainment
demonstration SIPs associated with the NAAQS for ozone, CO and
PM2.5 and for regional haze planning SIPs.
In addition, EPA is proposing to approve the demonstration portion
of the comprehensive SIP revision submitted by New Jersey that
certifies that the State has satisfied the requirements for a
nonattainment emission inventory for a Serious classification of the
2008 NAAQS.
I. Background
A. Statutory and Regulatory Requirements for Emission Inventory
II. Description of State's Submittal
III. Evaluation of the State's Submittal
A. New Jersey 2017 Periodic Emission Inventory
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B. New Jersey Nonattainment 2011 Revision Emission Inventory
IV. Proposed Action
V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
I. Background
Ozone is a gas that is formed by the reaction of VOC and
NOX in the atmosphere in the presence of sunlight.
Therefore, an emission inventory for ozone focuses on the emissions of
VOC and NOX referred to as ozone precursors. These
precursors (VOC and NOX) are emitted by many types of
pollution sources, including point sources such as power plants and
industrial emissions sources; on-road and off-road mobile sources
(motor vehicles and engines); and smaller residential and commercial
sources, such as dry cleaners, auto body shops, and household paints,
collectively referred to as nonpoint sources (also called area
sources).
The Clean Air Act (CAA or the Act) requires that areas designated
as nonattainment for ozone and classified as moderate or worse
demonstrate Reasonable Further Progress (RFP) by reducing emissions of
ozone precursors (NOX and VOCs).\1\
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On March 12, 2008, the EPA revised both the primary and secondary
NAAQS \2\ for ozone to a level of 0.075 parts per million (ppm) (annual
fourth-highest daily maximum 8-hour average concentration, averaged
over three years) to provide increased protection of public health and
the environment. (See 73 FR 16436, March 27, 2008). The 2008 ozone
NAAQS retains the same general form and averaging time as the 0.08 ppm
NAAQS set on 1997, but is set at a more protective level. Under the
EPA's regulations, the 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS is attained when the 3-
year average of the annual fourth highest daily maximum 8-hour average
ambient air quality ozone concentrations is less than or equal to 0.075
ppm. See 40 CFR 50.15.\3\
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\2\ The primary ozone standards provide protection for children,
older adults, and people with asthma or other lung diseases, and
other at-risk populations against an array of adverse health effects
that include reduced lung function, increased respiratory symptoms
and pulmonary inflammation; effects that contribute to emergency
department visits or hospital admissions; and mortality. The
secondary ozone standards protect against adverse effects to the
public welfare, including those related to impacts on sensitive
vegetation and forested ecosystems.
\3\ For a detailed explanation of the calculation of the 3-year
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Effective July 20, 2012, the EPA designated as nonattainment any
area that was violating the 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS based on the three
most recent years (2008-2010) of air monitoring data. (See 77 FR 30088,
May 21, 2012). With that rulemaking, Northern New Jersey and Southern
New Jersey areas were designated as marginal ozone nonattainment areas.
Areas that were designated as marginal nonattainment were required to
attain the 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS no later than July 20, 2015, based
on 2012-2014 monitoring data.
The counties in Northern New Jersey consist of Bergen, Essex,
Hudson, Hunterdon, Middlesex, Monmouth, Morris, Passaic, Somerset,
Sussex, Union, and Warren. The counties in Southern New Jersey consist
of Atlantic, Burlington, Camden, Cape May, Cumberland, Gloucester,
Mercer, Ocean, and Salem.
On May 4, 2016, the EPA published its determination that Northern
New Jersey had failed to attain the 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS by the
attainment deadline and the area was reclassified to moderate ozone
nonattainment area. See 40 CFR 81.306. (See 81 FR 26697). Moderate
areas are required to attain the 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS by no later
than six years after the effective date of designations, or July 20,
2018, based on 2015-2017 monitoring data See 40 CFR 51.903.
Effective September 23, 2019, the EPA published its determination
that Northern New Jersey had failed to attain 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS
by the attainment deadline based on the monitoring data (2015-17), and
the area was reclassified as serious nonattainment area. (See 84 FR
44238, August 23, 2019). Areas that were designated as serious
nonattainment were required to attain the 2008 ozone NAAQS no later
than July 20, 2021, based on 2018-2020 monitoring data. (See id.)
Effective November 7, 2022, the EPA published its determination
that Northern New Jersey had failed to attain 2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS
by the attainment deadline based on the most recent years (2018-2020).
(See 87 FR 60926, October 7, 2022). Areas that were reclassified as
severe nonattainment were required to attain the 2008 8-hour ozone
NAAQS must attain the standard ``as expeditious as practicable'' but no
later than July 20, 2027, based on 2024-2026 monitoring data. (See id.)
A. Statutory and Regulatory Requirements for Emission Inventories
Section 182(a)(3)(B) of the Act requires states with ozone
nonattainment areas to submit revisions to their SIP to require the
owner or operator of each major stationary source of NOX or
VOC to provide the state with annual statements documenting the actual
emissions of NOX and VOC from their sources. For
nonattainment areas, air agencies must develop, and include in their
SIPs, emission reporting programs for certain VOC and NOX
sources. CAA section 110, in conjunction with 40 CFR 51.102, 51.103 and
Appendix V, establishes the procedure for submitting a SIP revision. In
addition, 40 CFR 51.308(d)(4)(v) of EPA's Regional Haze Rule (RHR)
requires the establishment of a statewide emissions inventory of
pollutants that are reasonably anticipated to cause or contribute to
visibility impairment in any mandatory Class I area.
Sections 172(c)(3) and 182(a)(1) of the Act require states to
develop and submit, as a SIP revision, ``base year'' emissions
inventories for all areas designated as nonattainment for an ozone
NAAQS.
The EPA's 2008 ozone NAAQS was published on March 6, 2015 (the 2008
ozone rule). (See 80 FR 12264). The 2008 ozone rule established
implementation requirements for the 2008 ozone NAAQS, including
requirements for base year emissions inventories under CAA section
182(a)(1). (See id.). The ozone rule for the 2008 ozone NAAQS is
codified at 40 CFR part 51, subpart CC, and the emissions inventory
requirements are codified at 40 CFR 51.1315.
40 CFR 51.1315(a) requires each ozone nonattainment area to submit
a base year inventory within 2 years of designation. 40 CFR 51.1315(a)
also requires that the inventory year be selected consistent with the
baseline year for the RFP plan as required by 40 CFR 51.1310(b), which
states that the baseline emissions inventory shall be the emissions
inventory for the most recent calendar year for which a complete
triennial inventory is required to be submitted to the EPA under the
provisions of subpart A of 40 CFR part 51, Air Emissions Reporting
Requirements, 40 CFR 51.1 through 50. New Jersey selected 2017 as their
baseline emissions inventory year for RFP.
For the ozone NAAQS, states are required to submit ozone season day
emissions estimates for an inventory calendar year to be consistent
with the baseline year for RFP plans as required by 40 CFR 51.1310(b)
and 40 CFR 51.1315. Under 40 CFR 51.1310(b), for the 2008 ozone NAAQS,
the RFP baseline year is the most recent calendar year for which a
complete triennial inventory is required to be submitted to the EPA
under 40 CFR 51 subpart A.
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States may use an alternative baseline emissions inventory provided
that the year selected corresponds with the year of the effective date
of designation as nonattainment for that NAAQS.
40 CFR 51.1315(c) requires emissions values included in the base
year inventory to be actual ozone season day emissions as defined by 40
CFR 51.1300(q), which states that ozone season day emissions are an
average day's emissions for a typical ozone season work weekday. Per
EPA's 2017 guidance on emissions inventory development, the selected
ozone season should be representative of the conditions leading to
nonattainment.\4\
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Sections 182(a)(1), 182(a)(3) and 172(c)(3) of the Act require the
periodic submission of emissions inventories for the SIP planning
process to address the pollutants for the ozone, PM2.5 and
CO NAAQS. Identifying the calendar year gives certainty to states that
require submission of the ozone, PM2.5 and CO emission
inventories periodically. These requirements allow the EPA, based on
the states' progress in reducing emissions, to periodically reassess
its policies and air quality standards and revise them as necessary.
Most important, the ozone, PM2.5 and CO inventories will be
used to develop and assess new control strategies that the states may
use in attainment demonstration SIPs for the new NAAQS for ozone and
PM2.5. The inventory may also serve as part of statewide
inventories for purposes of regional modeling in transport areas. The
inventory plays an important role in modeling demonstrations for areas
classified as nonattainment and outside transport regions. For Regional
Haze, New Jersey has a Class I area within its borders: Brigantine
Wilderness Area. Emissions from New Jersey's sources were also found to
impact visibility at several other Class I areas: Acadia National Park
and the Moosehorn Wilderness Area in Maine, the Great Gulf Wilderness
Area and Presidential Range/Dry River and the Lye Brook Wilderness Area
in Vermont. (See 76 FR 49711, August 11, 2011). Therefore, an emissions
inventory is needed for the Regional Haze air quality planning program
effort.
The pollutants inventoried by New Jersey include VOC,
NOX, and CO summertime daily and annual emissions for the
ozone areas; and VOC, NOX, PM2.5,
PM10, NH3 and SO2 annual emissions for
the PM2.5 and/or Regional Haze areas. For the reasons stated
above, EPA would therefore emphasize the importance and benefits of
developing a comprehensive, current, and accurate ozone and
PM2.5/Regional Haze emissions inventory (similar to the 1990
base year inventory effort). In this case, New Jersey selected the 2017
calendar year as the inventory that it will use for planning purposes
for ozone and PM2.5/Regional Haze areas.
II. Description of State's Submittal
CAA Section 182 subpart 2 outlines SIP requirements applicable to
ozone nonattainment areas in each classification category. On November
23, 2021, New Jersey submitted a comprehensive SIP revision that
included the 2017 calendar year ozone precursor emission inventory for
VOC, NOX, CO, PM2.5, PM10,
NH3 and SO2 for the Northern New Jersey and
Southern New Jersey ozone nonattainment areas. In addition, the SIP
revision submittal consisted of the 2017 calendar year statewide
periodic emissions inventory for VOC, NOX and CO, and a
revision for the 2011 nonattainment base year emission inventory for
the previous Serious classification of the 2008 NAAQS for the Northern
New Jersey nonattainment area. On March 31, 2023, New Jersey submitted
a technical correction to the EPA regarding their 2017 SO2
point source inventory emissions by category. The technical correction
was necessary because the previously submitted emissions for
SO2 that were incorrect.
The New Jersey emissions inventory SIP revision will ensure that
the requirements for emissions inventory measures and reporting are
adequately met. To comply with the emissions inventory requirements,
New Jersey submitted a complete inventory containing point, area, on-
road, and non-road mobile source data, anthropogenic sources, as well
as biogenic sources and wildfires and prescribed fires, in the
nonattainment areas and accompanying documentation.
III. Evaluation of State's Submittals
A. New Jersey 2017 Periodic Emission Inventory
Based on the EPA's review, the 2017 periodic year emissions
inventory for New Jersey's ozone nonattainment areas, and the entire
State include essential data elements, source categories, sample
calculations, or report documentation to allow the EPA to adequately
determine if the inventory is accurate and complete. Consequently, New
Jersey's 2017 base year emissions inventory is consistent with the
ozone base year emission inventory reporting requirements based on EPA
guidance. New Jersey's 2017 base year inventory is consistent with the
ozone base year emission inventory reporting requirements for the
following reasons:
1. Evidence that the inventory was quality assured by the State and
its implementation documented;
2. The point source inventory must be complete;
3. Point source emissions must have been prepared or calculated
according to current EPA guidance;
4. The area source inventory must be complete;
5. The area source emissions must have been prepared or calculated
according to current EPA guidance;
6. Non-road mobile emissions must have been prepared according to
current EPA guidance for all of the source categories;
7. The method (e.g., Highway Performance Monitoring System or a
network transportation planning model) used to develop the vehicle
miles travelled (VMT) estimates must follow EPA guidance (the VMT
development methods were described and documented in the inventory
report); and
8. On-road mobile emissions were prepared according to the
guidance.
Annual and ozone season day point, area, non-road, on-road,
biogenic, and wildfires and prescribed fires emissions are identified
in the inventory. Based on the EPA's review, New Jersey satisfies all
of the EPA's requirements for purposes of providing a comprehensive
accurate, and current inventory of actual emissions for the ozone
nonattainment. A summary of the EPA's review is given below:
1. The Quality Assurance (QA) plan was implemented for all
portions of the inventory. The QA plan included a QA/Quality control
(QC) program for assessing data completeness and standard range
checking. Critical data elements relative to the inventory sources
were assessed for completeness. QA checks were performed relative to
data collection and analysis, and double counting of emissions from
point, area, and mobile sources. QA/QC checks were conducted to
ensure accuracy of units, unit conversions, transposition of
figures, and calculations. The inventory is well documented. New
Jersey provided documentation detailing the methods used to develop
emissions estimates for each category. In addition, New Jersey
identified the sources of data it used to develop the inventory;
2. The point source emissions are complete in accordance with
EPA guidance;
3. The point source emissions were prepared and calculated in
accordance with EPA guidance;
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4. The area source emissions are complete in accordance with EPA
guidance;
5. Area source emissions were prepared and calculated in
accordance with EPA guidance;
6. Emission estimates for the non-road mobile source categories
are correctly based on the latest non-road mobile model or other
appropriate guidance and prepared in accordance with EPA guidance;
7. The method used to develop VMT estimates is in accordance
with EPA guidance and was adequately described and documented in the
inventory report; and
8. The latest Motor Vehicle Emission Simulator (MOVES2014b)
model was used in accordance with EPA guidance.
New Jersey's 2017 ozone emission inventory has been developed in
accordance with EPA guidance. Therefore, the EPA is proposing to
approve the emission inventory. Detailed emission inventory development
procedures can be found in the following document: Emission Inventory
Guidance for Implementation of Ozone and Particulate Matter NAAQS and
Regional Haze Regulation, dated July 2017; Using MOVES to Prepare
Emission Inventories in State Implementation Plans and Transportation
Conformity: Technical Guidance for MOVES2014, 2014b, first released in
August 2018.
Table 1 below shows the statewide summary of the 2017 Annual
emissions for VOC, NOX and CO. Tables 2 and 3 below show the
2017 CO, NOX, and VOC annual emission by category for the
ozone nonattainment areas. Table 4 below shows the summary emission by
category, in tons per ozone season day.
Table 1--Statewide Summary of 2017 Annual Emissions
[Tons]
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2017 New Jersey State Annual Emissions
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Wildfire and
Point Area Onroad Nonroad Biogenic prescribed Total Total
burning anthropogenic
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VOC................................... 6,809 81,555 28,652 25,476 88,238 5,690 236,420 142,492
NOX................................... 9,824 23,208 60,681 40,215 2,045 346 136,319 133,928
CO.................................... 5,733 61,948 380,323 308,691 11,357 48,191 816,243 756,695
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Table 2--Northern New Jersey Portion NJ-NY-CT Ozone Nonattainment Area 2017 Emission Inventory
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VOC
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Tons per summer day
County --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wildfire and
Point Area Onroad Nonroad Biogenic prescribed Total Total
sources sources sources sources burning anthropogenic
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Bergen................................... 2.11 23.83 9.06 7.42 4.06 0.08 46.56 42.42
Essex.................................... 1.06 17.97 6.11 4.76 2.39 NA 32.30 29.90
Hudson................................... 1.71 15.46 3.52 2.75 1.03 NA 24.47 23.44
Hunterdon................................ 0.13 4.00 1.74 1.74 10.58 0.04 18.23 7.60
Middlesex................................ 15.89 22.32 8.23 5.41 5.82 0.03 57.71 51.86
Monmouth................................. 0.44 16.55 6.83 5.46 12.38 0.20 41.85 29.28
Morris................................... 0.50 14.09 5.25 4.96 14.41 0.07 39.30 24.81
Passaic.................................. 0.77 12.15 3.98 2.59 8.36 0.14 27.99 19.49
Somerset................................. 0.89 9.44 3.38 3.77 7.44 0.02 24.94 17.48
Sussex................................... 0.16 3.93 1.54 1.59 17.30 0.15 24.66 7.21
Union.................................... 3.23 13.89 5.06 3.20 2.00 0.00 27.39 25.38
Warren................................... 0.31 3.30 1.40 0.93 11.71 0.08 17.73 5.94
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Total in Northern NAA Area........... 27.21 156.93 56.10 44.58 97.48 0.82 383.12 284.82
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NOX
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Tons per summer day
County --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wildfire and
Point Area Onroad Nonroad Biogenic prescribed Total Total
sources sources sources sources burning anthropogenic
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Bergen................................... 2.16 2.84 15.71 10.03 0.07 0.01 30.82 30.74
Essex.................................... 3.74 2.26 11.56 13.99 0.06 NA 31.61 31.55
Hudson................................... 0.85 1.81 6.26 17.89 0.03 NA 26.85 26.82
Hunterdon................................ 1.36 0.39 5.00 2.66 0.46 0.00 9.88 9.42
Middlesex................................ 7.02 2.55 18.72 8.92 0.21 0.00 37.43 37.21
Monmouth................................. 0.42 1.85 10.15 10.54 0.41 0.01 23.38 22.95
Morris................................... 0.72 1.78 10.48 4.88 0.16 0.00 18.03 17.86
Passaic.................................. 0.15 1.25 5.37 3.49 0.07 0.01 10.34 10.26
Somerset................................. 4.62 1.16 7.70 4.18 0.27 0.00 17.93 17.66
Sussex................................... 0.10 0.42 1.84 1.38 0.27 0.01 4.02 3.74
Union.................................... 8.20 1.49 9.57 5.35 0.05 0.00 24.67 24.62
Warren................................... 0.74 0.30 3.95 0.91 0.30 0.01 6.21 5.91
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Total in Northern NAA Area........... 30.08 18.12 106.31 84.23 2.35 0.06 241.15 238.75
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CO
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Tons per summer day
County --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wildfire and
Point Area Onroad Nonroad Biogenic prescribed Total Total
sources sources sources sources burning anthropogenic
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Bergen................................... 0.92 3.98 122.21 144.08 0.76 0.71 272.66 271.20
Essex.................................... 0.97 2.97 81.97 69.21 0.51 NA 155.63 155.12
Hudson................................... 0.70 2.16 38.99 34.28 0.24 NA 76.37 76.13
Hunterdon................................ 1.90 1.21 24.71 28.60 1.35 0.36 58.12 56.42
Middlesex................................ 7.20 3.45 121.47 100.96 1.01 0.25 234.34 233.08
Monmouth................................. 0.31 2.98 99.51 88.71 1.81 1.66 194.98 191.51
Morris................................... 0.54 3.02 75.05 90.22 1.60 0.61 171.04 168.83
Passaic.................................. 0.18 1.79 47.11 45.02 0.95 1.19 96.24 94.10
Somerset................................. 2.00 1.83 46.47 71.11 1.04 0.18 122.64 121.41
Sussex................................... 1.33 1.48 17.41 19.01 1.81 1.26 42.29 39.23
Union.................................... 2.23 2.08 64.71 59.87 0.45 0.04 129.38 128.89
Warren................................... 0.25 0.98 18.57 12.78 1.29 0.69 34.56 32.58
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Total in State....................... 18.52 27.93 758.18 763.85 12.82 6.94 1,588.25 1,568.49
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Notes: Biogenic annual emissions are from the USEPA 2017 NEI. 2017 tons per day values were estimated by dividing the annual value by 365.
Table 3--Southern New Jersey Portion PA-NJ-MD-DE Ozone Nonattainment Area 2017 Emission Inventory
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VOC
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Tons per summer day
County --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wildfire and
Point Area Onroad Nonroad Biogenic prescribed Total Total
sources sources sources sources burning anthropogenic
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Atlantic................................. 0.08 7.27 2.60 3.59 40.71 0.92 55.17 13.54
Burlington............................... 1.06 13.70 4.73 4.26 50.31 0.14 74.20 23.75
Camden................................... 0.67 12.56 4.62 2.55 15.62 0.10 36.12 20.40
Cape May................................. 0.08 2.98 1.04 3.69 14.71 0.06 22.57 7.79
Cumberland............................... 0.43 6.18 1.30 1.34 27.08 0.63 36.95 9.24
Gloucester............................... 5.36 14.43 2.89 2.42 16.97 0.56 42.63 25.10
Mercer................................... 0.36 10.20 7.02 2.60 9.72 0.01 29.91 20.17
Ocean.................................... 0.45 14.31 5.69 6.45 41.73 10.97 79.61 26.91
Salem.................................... 0.62 2.74 0.74 0.76 17.21 0.03 22.10 4.85
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Total in Southern NAA Area........... 9.10 84.37 30.63 27.66 234.06 13.43 399.25 151.76
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NOX
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Tons per summer day
County -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wildfire and
Point Area Onroad Nonroad Biogenic prescribed Total Total
sources sources sources sources burning anthropogenic
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Atlantic............................ 0.35 0.82 5.51 4.56 0.26 0.07 11.57 11.24
Burlington.......................... 1.63 1.33 8.98 5.17 0.35 0.01 17.47 17.11
Camden.............................. 2.27 1.43 7.73 3.88 0.18 0.00 15.50 15.32
Cape May............................ 0.11 0.30 2.06 4.27 0.18 0.00 6.92 6.73
Cumberland.......................... 1.86 0.43 2.10 2.86 0.36 0.03 7.64 7.25
Gloucester.......................... 5.59 0.79 5.66 3.48 0.28 0.04 15.85 15.52
Mercer.............................. 1.02 1.40 3.60 4.01 0.19 0.00 10.22 10.03
Ocean............................... 2.02 1.34 7.90 6.37 0.26 0.46 18.35 17.63
Salem............................... 3.74 0.20 1.45 1.50 0.38 0.00 7.27 6.89
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Total in Southern NAA Area...... 18.58 8.04 44.99 36.12 2.44 0.62 110.79 107.73
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CO
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Tons per summer day
County -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wildfire and
Point Area Onroad Nonroad Biogenic prescribed Total Total
sources sources sources sources burning anthropogenic
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Atlantic............................ 0.27 1.57 31.70 34.07 3.43 78.39 149.43 67.61
Burlington.......................... 1.12 2.46 65.99 57.60 5.32 131.94 264.44 127.18
Camden.............................. 0.61 2.12 58.55 44.31 1.48 107.62 214.69 105.60
Cape May............................ 0.15 0.62 11.41 28.82 1.41 43.27 85.68 41.00
Cumberland.......................... 2.02 0.98 13.03 14.11 2.74 37.92 70.80 30.14
Gloucester.......................... 2.32 1.48 41.87 38.35 1.78 89.87 175.66 84.01
Mercer.............................. 0.65 1.99 49.42 45.39 1.29 98.52 197.26 97.45
Ocean............................... 2.09 2.51 74.09 62.02 4.25 237.28 382.24 140.71
Salem............................... 3.41 0.54 8.38 7.79 1.72 21.57 43.41 20.12
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Total in State.................. 12.64 14.27 354.44 332.47 23.42 846.37 1,583.62 713.82
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Notes: Biogenic annual emissions are from the USEPA 2017 NEI. 2017 tons per day values were estimated by dividing the annual value by 365.
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Table 4--2017 Statewide Emission Inventory by County, Source Sector and Pollutant
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VOC
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Tons per year
County -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wildfire and
Point Area Onroad Nonroad Biogenic prescribed Total Total
sources sources sources sources burning anthropogenic
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Atlantic............................ 25.77 2,478 979 1,556 9,861 188 15,087 5,038
Bergen.............................. 277.41 7,875 3,085 2,370 1,482 10 15,100 13,608
Burlington.......................... 253.88 4,711 1,779 1,406 10,381 1,559 20,090 8,150
Camden.............................. 256.74 4,184 1,729 828 2,739 100 9,837 6,997
Cape May............................ 10.33 1,009 402 1,592 5,829 174 9,016 3,013
Cumberland.......................... 90.69 2,078 517 645 7,583 737 11,651 3,331
Essex............................... 286.06 5,914 2,059 1,624 874 331 11,087 9,883
Gloucester.......................... 965.17 4,768 1,059 850 2,667 196 10,504 7,642
Hudson.............................. 616.40 5,030 1,295 948 375 0 8,264 7,889
Hunterdon........................... 20.60 1,498 630 542 3,862 91 6,645 2,692
Mercer.............................. 95.29 3,440 1,351 718 2,220 34 7,859 5,605
Middlesex........................... 1,798.78 7,398 2,556 1,577 2,124 4 15,458 13,330
Monmouth............................ 112.88 5,638 2,083 1,843 4,518 194 14,389 9,677
Morris.............................. 115.06 4,990 1,706 1,567 5,261 181 13,819 8,378
Ocean............................... 149.61 5,038 1,941 3,246 8,728 1,760 20,862 10,375
Passaic............................. 154.29 3,980 1,407 906 3,051 17 9,514 6,447
Salem............................... 141.50 918 290 342 2,650 4 4,347 1,692
Somerset............................ 191.80 3,273 1,116 1,055 2,715 43 8,394 5,636
Sussex.............................. 57.52 1,597 556 573 6,314 57 9,154 2,783
Union............................... 1,122.24 4,515 1,605 977 730 1 8,950 8,220
Warren.............................. 67.12 1,222 508 311 4,273 10 6,391 2,108
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Total in State.................. 6,809 81,555 28,652 25,476 88,238 5,690 236,420 142,492
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Notes:
1. Onroad and nonroad annual values from are from the USEPA 2017 National Emission Inventory (NEI).
2. Biogenic annual emissions are from the USEPA 2017 NEI.
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NOX
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Tons per year
County -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wildfire and
Point Area Onroad Nonroad Biogenic prescribed Total Total
sources sources sources sources burning anthropogenic
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Atlantic............................ 58.01 731 2,056 1,517 117 14 4,493 4,362
Bergen.............................. 455.04 2,534 6,281 3,737 27 1 13,035 13,007
Burlington.......................... 168.88 1,180 3,900 1,511 183 103 7,045 6,759
Camden.............................. 464.21 1,271 3,220 1,398 77 7 6,438 6,354
Cape May............................ 65.87 269 842 1,637 57 13 2,883 2,813
Cumberland.......................... 345.33 371 997 1,029 163 42 2,947 2,742
Essex............................... 1,110.80 2,002 4,290 5,109 20 15 12,548 12,512
Gloucester.......................... 1,592.71 728 2,409 1,361 154 16 6,261 6,091
Hudson.............................. 135.42 1,581 2,464 5,756 10 0 9,946 9,936
Hunterdon........................... 102.20 350 1,940 679 166 8 3,245 3,070
Mercer.............................. 178.12 1,176 2,903 806 107 3 5,173 5,063
Middlesex........................... 1,179.58 2,215 6,657 2,370 77 0 12,498 12,421
Monmouth............................ 95.59 1,668 3,635 3,425 150 14 8,988 8,824
Morris.............................. 67.71 1,535 3,973 1,729 59 11 7,374 7,304
Ocean............................... 258.66 1,329 3,338 2,603 121 88 7,738 7,529
Passaic............................. 35.57 1,130 2,223 1,344 24 1 4,757 4,732
Salem............................... 726.41 172 740 538 209 0 2,386 2,176
Somerset............................ 120.89 999 2,920 1,198 97 4 5,339 5,238
Sussex.............................. 27.04 362 748 304 100 5 1,547 1,442
Union............................... 2,400.28 1,328 3,585 1,904 18 0 9,235 9,217
Warren.............................. 235.86 277 1,559 261 109 1 2,442 2,333
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Total in State.................. 9,824 23,208 60,681 40,215 2,045 346 136,318 133,927
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Notes:
1. Onroad and nonroad annual values from are from the USEPA 2017 National Emission Inventory (NEI).
2. Biogenic annual emissions are from the USEPA 2017 NEI.
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CO
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Tons per year
County -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wildfire and
Point Area Onroad Nonroad Biogenic prescribed Total Total
sources sources sources sources burning anthropogenic
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Atlantic............................ 111.90 2,605 13,995 11,203 1,113 1,585 30,613 27,915
Bergen.............................. 251.88 4,402 42,820 39,219 277 83 87,052 86,692
Burlington.......................... 286.57 4,969 24,691 15,526 1,309 13,183 59,965 45,472
Camden.............................. 129.63 2,835 20,911 12,295 414 846 37,430 36,170
Cape May............................ 52.20 941 5,532 10,939 631 1,470 19,566 17,464
Cumberland.......................... 209.70 1,584 6,209 5,270 874 6,252 20,399 13,274
Essex............................... 312.88 2,674 28,144 21,038 185 2,816 55,170 52,169
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Gloucester.......................... 676.04 2,727 15,272 10,488 412 1,647 31,223 29,163
Hudson.............................. 121.83 1,405 15,477 9,977 87 0 27,068 26,981
Hunterdon........................... 18.83 2,328 8,007 7,094 491 766 18,705 17,448
Mercer.............................. 141.31 2,652 17,778 11,040 347 288 32,245 31,611
Middlesex........................... 1,409.67 3,831 36,385 25,734 368 30 67,757 67,360
Monmouth............................ 54.89 4,882 29,321 24,211 662 1,640 60,771 58,468
Morris.............................. 76.89 5,673 23,026 23,618 584 1,531 54,509 52,394
Ocean............................... 515.58 5,287 25,610 23,355 1,156 14,952 70,874 54,767
Passaic............................. 41.20 2,077 17,069 12,884 348 140 32,560 32,072
Salem............................... 521.27 928 3,968 2,655 421 35 8,528 8,072
Somerset............................ 99.05 2,955 13,105 17,250 381 364 34,155 33,410
Sussex.............................. 81.97 3,341 5,971 5,448 660 478 15,980 14,843
Union............................... 545.67 1,934 20,801 15,891 166 5 39,342 39,172
Warren.............................. 73.73 1,918 6,231 3,556 471 81 12,332 11,779
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Total in State.................. 5,733 61,948 380,323 308,691 11,357 48,191 816,243 756,695
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Notes:
1. Onroad and nonroad annual values from are from the USEPA 2017 National Emission Inventory (NEI).
2. Biogenic annual emissions are from the USEPA 2017 NEI.
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PM2.5
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Tons per year
County ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wildfire and
Point Area Onroad Nonroad Biogenic prescribed Total Total
sources sources sources sources burning anthropogenic
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Atlantic................................ 15.98 498 50 94 NA 70 729 659
Bergen.................................. 98.51 1,082 224 311 NA 4 1,720 1,716
Burlington.............................. 35.17 887 123 108 NA 578 1,732 1,154
Camden.................................. 42.80 557 111 102 NA 38 850 812
Cape May................................ 18.55 270 22 85 NA 66 461 395
Cumberland.............................. 215.80 345 27 42 NA 269 899 631
Essex................................... 91.81 692 158 208 NA 119 1,269 1,150
Gloucester.............................. 453.73 514 72 100 NA 74 1,214 1,139
Hudson.................................. 45.04 462 105 176 NA 0 788 788
Hunterdon............................... 10.49 507 69 55 NA 35 677 642
Mercer.................................. 48.02 519 100 84 NA 13 764 751
Middlesex............................... 375.27 868 232 188 NA 1 1,664 1,663
Monmouth................................ 33.24 1,077 113 205 NA 73 1,501 1,429
Morris.................................. 7.18 1,007 140 174 NA 66 1,395 1,328
Ocean................................... 35.77 1,016 88 169 NA 634 1,943 1,309
Passaic................................. 1.03 498 77 108 NA 6 690 683
Salem................................... 134.77 283 21 23 NA 2 463 462
Somerset................................ 7.16 604 119 122 NA 17 869 853
Sussex.................................. 4.31 553 25 33 NA 22 638 617
Union................................... 378.89 532 128 130 NA 0 1,168 1,168
Warren.................................. 30.95 363 49 26 NA 4 472 469
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Total in State...................... 2,084 13,136 2,055 2,543 NA 2,090 21,908 19,818
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Notes:
\1\ Onroad and nonroad annual values from are from the USEPA 2017 National Emission Inventory (NEI).
\2\ Area Source fugitive dust emissions are post-adjustment.
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SO2
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Tons per year
County ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wildfire and
Point Area Onroad Nonroad Biogenic prescribed Total Total
sources sources sources sources burning anthropogenic
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Atlantic................................ 186.89 19 24 30 NA 7 267 260
Bergen.................................. 42.59 44 73 11 NA 0 171 171
Burlington.............................. 45.19 32 46 48 NA 53 225 171
Camden.................................. 80.49 21 40 13 NA 4 158 155
Cape May................................ 36.21 6 10 5 NA 7 64 57
Cumberland.............................. 195.12 15 11 13 NA 23 257 234
Essex................................... 71.66 45 48 334 NA 9 507 498
Gloucester.............................. 528.98 17 28 18 NA 8 600 592
Hudson.................................. 35.26 19 27 62 NA 0 143 143
Hunterdon............................... 0.80 16 19 2 NA 4 41 37
Mercer.................................. 10.96 17 34 6 NA 1 70 68
Middlesex............................... 111.70 28 78 14 NA 0 231 231
Monmouth................................ 14.64 55 58 20 NA 7 154 147
Morris.................................. 1.14 58 49 5 NA 6 119 113
Ocean................................... 48.45 26 43 18 NA 52 187 135
Passaic................................. 0.08 40 27 3 NA 1 71 70
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Salem................................... 675.08 9 7 7 NA 0 699 699
Somerset................................ 1.97 18 33 3 NA 2 59 57
Sussex.................................. 5.62 42 11 1 NA 2 62 60
Union................................... 101.95 16 40 16 NA 0 174 174
Warren.................................. 26.28 13 14 1 NA 0 54 54
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Total in State...................... 2,221 555 721 630 NA 186 4,313 4,127
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Notes: Onroad and nonroad annual values from are from the USEPA 2017 National Emission Inventory (NEI).
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Ammonia
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Tons per year
County ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Wildfire and
Point Area Onroad Nonroad Biogenic prescribed Total Total
sources sources sources sources burning anthropogenic
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Atlantic................................ 17.60 124 84 2 NA 13 240 227
Bergen.................................. 286.02 78 220 6 NA 1 591 591
Burlington.............................. 35.24 280 142 2 NA 108 568 460
Camden.................................. 18.07 47 118 2 NA 7 193 186
Cape May................................ 0.69 44 33 2 NA 12 92 80
Cumberland.............................. 30.40 149 35 1 NA 51 267 216
Essex................................... 67.96 167 144 4 NA 23 406 383
Gloucester.............................. 130.82 171 90 2 NA 14 407 393
Hudson.................................. 31.29 46 73 4 NA 0 154 154
Hunterdon............................... 1.32 266 54 1 NA 6 329 322
Mercer.................................. 7.98 118 105 2 NA 2 235 233
Middlesex............................... 241.03 106 229 4 NA 0 580 579
Monmouth................................ 51.16 313 178 4 NA 14 561 547
Morris.................................. 3.30 134 140 3 NA 13 293 280
Ocean................................... 76.85 162 142 4 NA 122 508 385
Passaic................................. 0.35 49 81 2 NA 1 134 132
Salem................................... 4.20 336 24 1 NA 0 365 364
Somerset................................ 0.76 89 91 2 NA 3 185 182
Sussex.................................. 0.04 249 33 1 NA 4 287 283
Union................................... 107.41 29 116 3 NA 0 255 255
Warren.................................. 7.55 293 40 0 NA 1 342 341
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Total in State...................... 1,120 3,249 2,173 53 NA 396 6,990 6,594
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Notes: Onroad and nonroad annual values from are from the USEPA 2017 National Emission Inventory (NEI).
B. New Jersey Nonattainment 2011 Revision Emission Inventory
On June 11, 2015, New Jersey submitted the 2011 ozone emissions
inventory for the Northern New Jersey and Southern New Jersey ozone
nonattainment areas and the 2011 emissions inventory for the
PM2.5/Regional Haze areas and requested that EPA approve the
emissions inventory SIP revision. EPA approved New Jersey's 2011
emission inventory. (See 82 FR 44099, September 6, 2017). Due to the
reclassification of the Northern New Jersey and Southern New Jersey
ozone nonattainment areas to serious nonattainment for the 2008 ozone
NAAQS, New Jersey made revisions to the 2011 emission inventory. New
Jersey affirmed in its November 23, 2021, submission that it is meeting
the 2008 ozone NAAQS emission inventory requirements pursuant to CAA
sections 182(a)(3)(A) and 182(c). The emission inventory requirement is
addressed through the submission of the 2011 baseline emission
inventory. Minor updates were made to the 2011 base year emissions
inventory which included essential data elements, source categories,
sample calculations, or report documentation according to the EPA
guidance to allow the EPA to adequately determine if the inventory is
accurate and complete. Consequently, New Jersey's 2011 base year
emissions inventory was consistent with the ozone base year emission
inventory reporting requirements based on EPA guidance.
IV. Proposed Action
The New Jersey 2017 emission inventory SIP revision will ensure
that the requirements for emission inventory measures and reporting are
adequately met. To comply with the emission inventory requirements, on
November 23, 2021, New Jersey submitted the complete inventory
containing point, area, on-road, non-road mobile, biogenic, and
wildfires and prescribed fires source data, and accompanying
documentation.
The EPA is proposing to approve New Jersey's 2017 and revised 2011
emission inventories SIP revision submittal as meeting the essential
reporting requirements for emission inventories.
The EPA has also determined that the SIP revision meets the
requirements for emission inventories in accordance with EPA guidance.
Therefore, EPA is proposing to approve the revision to the New Jersey
SIP that pertains to the 2017 calendar year summer season daily and
annual ozone precursor emission inventories for VOC, NOx and
CO for the New Jersey portion of the New York-Northern New Jersey-Long
Island NY-NJ-CT, and the Southern New Jersey-Philadelphia-Delaware-
Maryland nonattainment areas.
In addition, the EPA is proposing to approve the 2017 calendar year
PM2.5/Regional Haze emissions inventory that was developed
statewide for New Jersey. The pollutants included in the inventory are
annual emissions for VOC, NOx, PM2.5,
PM10, NH3 and SO2.
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Additionally, the EPA is proposing to approve New Jersey's
certification that it has met the requirements for nonattainment
emission inventory and fully meets the requirements of the Act for the
2008 8-hour ozone NAAQS.
Interested parties may participate in the Federal rulemaking
procedure by submitting written comments to the EPA Region 2 Office by
the method discussed in the ADDRESSES section of this action.
V. Statutory and Executive Order Reviews
Under the Act, the Administrator is required to approve a SIP
submission that complies with the provisions of the Act and applicable
Federal regulations. 42 U.S.C. 7410(k); 40 CFR 52.02(a). Thus, in
reviewing SIP submissions, EPA's role is to approve state choices,
provided that they meet the criteria of the Act. Accordingly, this
action merely approves state law as meeting Federal requirements and
does not impose additional requirements beyond those imposed by state
law. For that reason, this action:
Is not a ``significant regulatory action'' subject to
review by the Office of Management and Budget under Executive Orders
12866 (58 FR 51735, October 4, 1993) and 13563 (76 FR 3821, January 21,
2011);
Does not impose an information collection burden under the
provisions of the Paperwork Reduction Act (44 U.S.C. 3501 et seq.);
Is certified as not having a significant economic impact
on a substantial number of small entities under the Regulatory
Flexibility Act (5 U.S.C. 601 et seq.);
Does not contain any unfunded mandate or significantly or
uniquely affect small governments, as described in the Unfunded
Mandates Reform Act of 1995 (Pub. L. 104-4);
Does not have federalism implications as specified in
Executive Order 13132 (64 FR 43255, August 10, 1999);
Is not an economically significant regulatory action based
on health or safety risks subject to Executive Order 13045 (62 FR
19885, April 23, 1997);
Is not a significant regulatory action subject to
Executive Order 13211 (66 FR 28355, May 22, 2001);
Is not subject to requirements of section 12(d) of the
National Technology Transfer and Advancement Act of 1995 (15 U.S.C. 272
note) because this action does not involve technical standards;
In addition, the SIP is not proposing to apply on any Indian
reservation land or in any other area where the EPA or an Indian tribe
has demonstrated that a tribe has jurisdiction. In those areas of
Indian country, the rulemaking does not have tribal implications and it
will not impose substantial direct costs on tribal governments or
preempt tribal law as specified by Executive Order 13175 (65 FR 67249,
November 9, 2000).
Executive Order 12898 (Federal Actions to Address Environmental
Justice in Minority Populations and Low-Income Populations, 59 FR 7629,
February 16, 1994) directs Federal agencies to identify and address
``disproportionately high and adverse human health or environmental
effects'' of their actions on minority populations and low-income
populations to the greatest extent practicable and permitted by law.
EPA defines environmental justice (EJ) as ``the fair treatment and
meaningful involvement of all people regardless of race, color,
national origin, or income with respect to the development,
implementation, and enforcement of environmental laws, regulations, and
policies.'' EPA further defines the term fair treatment to mean that
``no group of people should bear a disproportionate burden of
environmental harms and risks, including those resulting from the
negative environmental consequences of industrial, governmental, and
commercial operations or programs and policies.''
The New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection did not
evaluate environmental justice considerations as part of its SIP
submittal; the CAA and applicable implementing regulations neither
prohibit nor require such an evaluation. EPA did not perform an EJ
analysis and did not consider EJ in this action. Due to the nature of
the action being taken here, this action is expected to have a neutral
to positive impact on the air quality of the affected area.
Consideration of EJ is not required as part of this action, and there
is no information in the record inconsistent with the stated goal of
E.O. 12898 of achieving environmental justice for people of color, low-
income populations, and Indigenous peoples.
List of Subjects in 40 CFR Part 52
Environmental protection, Air pollution control, Carbon monoxide,
Incorporation by reference, Intergovernmental relations, Nitrogen
dioxide, Ozone, Particulate matter, Reporting and recordkeeping
requirements, Sulfur oxides, Volatile organic compounds.
Authority: 42 U.S.C. 7401 et seq.
Lisa Garcia,
Regional Administrator, Region 2.
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